吱吱喳喳

Chinese

		phonetic	phonetic	twitter; chirp	twitter; chirp
trad. (吱吱喳喳)		吱	吱	喳	喳
simp. #(吱吱喳喳)		吱	吱	喳	喳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhīzhīzhāzhā

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄓ ㄓㄚ ㄓㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi^1-4 zi¹ zaa⁴ zaa⁴, zi¹ zi¹ zaa¹ zaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhīzhīzhāzhā
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄓ ㄓㄚ ㄓㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihjhihjhajha
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-chih¹-cha¹-cha¹
    • Yale: jr̄-jr̄-jā-jā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyjyjaja
    • Palladius: чжичжичжачжа (čžičžičžačža)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi^1-4 zi¹ zaa⁴ zaa⁴, zi¹ zi¹ zaa¹ zaa¹
    • Yale: jìh jī jàh jàh, jī jī jā jā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi^1-4 dzi¹ dzaa⁴ dzaa⁴, dzi¹ dzi¹ dzaa¹ dzaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji^1-4 ji¹ za⁴ za⁴, ji¹ ji¹ za¹ za¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵⁻²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡saː²¹ t͡saː²¹/, /t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡saː⁵⁵ t͡saː⁵⁵/

Adverb

吱吱喳喳

1. (onomatopoeia) The sound of birds' chirpping.
2. (onomatopoeia) The sound of many people talking.